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He graduated from St. Andrew's School (DE) in 1976,

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in 1981 and received an

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in English Literature from

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. He began his career writing about business and published in a wide variety of magazines and newspapers, including '' Harper's'', '' Vanity Fair'', '' GQ'', ''

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''. To date, he has published four books besides contributing numerous articles to ''

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based on his 2008 book ''Flash of Genius'' was released on October 3, 2008. His new book, The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory was published in October, 2015.

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Tim Maia Tim Maia (, born Sebastião Rodrigues Maia; September 28, 1942 – March 15, 1998) was a Brazilian musician, songwriter, and businessman known for his iconoclastic, ironic, outspoken, and humorous musical style. Maia contributed to Brazilian mus ...

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. * Online version is titled "Game night with Laura Marling". * Title in the online table of contents is "Beyond 'Uptown Funk'". * * Online version is titled "Behind the cellar door". * Online version is titled "Randy Newman contemplates the universe". * Online version is titled "Puerto Rico's Ortiz brothers light up horse racing". * Online version is titled "Can a Machine Learn to Write for The New Yorker?". * Online version is titled "An ex-drinker’s search for a sober buzz".

Critical studies and reviews of Seabrook's work

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